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<blockquote data-quote="Lee VanRoss" data-source="post: 1665545" data-attributes="member: 40072"><p>From my point of view the main fly in the ointment in calculating cow cost per head is the continuing devaluation of the dollar.</p><p>As an illustration around 2015 as a result of high feed grain prices and the sell off of cattle the market responded by climbing to unprecedented levels.</p><p>Now as the market is returning to former levels we may be receiving the same or even more than prior to the boom years but the dollars received</p><p>have shrunk in buying power. As to cow cost per head per year unless you have other income coming in then it would stand that <em>any</em> expense should</p><p>be charged against the cow. This would include every thing from appliances to utilities and x y z and all that entails.. I would agree one should not</p><p>charge the cattle for expenses in baling hay to sell off farm. That should be a separate entity. I expect little or no agreement in this analysis but</p><p>as it stands we as individuals are underestimating our operating costs when it comes to the cost of a cow. I see and hear numbers in the 4 and 5 </p><p>hundred dollars per year. I would submit the cost of keeping a cow to be more in the 8 to 9 hundred dollar range if that is the only thing keeping</p><p>the lights on and gas in the pickup.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lee VanRoss, post: 1665545, member: 40072"] From my point of view the main fly in the ointment in calculating cow cost per head is the continuing devaluation of the dollar. As an illustration around 2015 as a result of high feed grain prices and the sell off of cattle the market responded by climbing to unprecedented levels. Now as the market is returning to former levels we may be receiving the same or even more than prior to the boom years but the dollars received have shrunk in buying power. As to cow cost per head per year unless you have other income coming in then it would stand that [I]any[/I] expense should be charged against the cow. This would include every thing from appliances to utilities and x y z and all that entails.. I would agree one should not charge the cattle for expenses in baling hay to sell off farm. That should be a separate entity. I expect little or no agreement in this analysis but as it stands we as individuals are underestimating our operating costs when it comes to the cost of a cow. I see and hear numbers in the 4 and 5 hundred dollars per year. I would submit the cost of keeping a cow to be more in the 8 to 9 hundred dollar range if that is the only thing keeping the lights on and gas in the pickup. [/QUOTE]
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